Tag Archives: Wicked and the Divine
Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #513
True Believers: Captain Marvel — The New Ms. Marvel #1 (of 1) — Writer: Chris Claremont; Pencils: Dave Cockrum; Inks: Bob Wiacek; Colors: Mary Ellen True Believers: Captain Marvel — Avenger #1 (of 1) — Writer: David Michelinie; Pencils: John Byrne; Inks: Klaus Janson; Colors: Sharen True Believers: Captain Marvel — Betrayed! #1 (of 1) — Writer: Chris Claremont; Pencils: Michael Golden; Inks: Armando Gil; Colors: Michael Golden Captain Marvel: Braver and Mightier #1 (of 1) — Writer: Jody Houser; Art: Simone Buonfantino; Colors: Erick Arciniega The Captain Marvel movie debuts next week, and Marvel’s certainly ready: they’ve been publishing their “True … Continue reading
Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #507
Invaders #1 — Writer: Chip Zdarsky; Art: Carlos Magno with Butch Guice; Colors: Alex Guimaraes Marvel Comics Presents #1 — Creators: Various Black Widow #1 — Writers: Jen and Sylvia Soska; Art: Flaviano; Colors: Veronica Gandini Why so much focus on the Submariner lately? He’s becoming a major Avengers villain, with Mad Max-y armor and a meaner, deadlier damn-the-surface-world attitude, while also co-starring in a revival of the original-team Defenders; this week, he’s featured prominently in two new series: the revived Invaders #1, and the anthology Marvel Comics Presents. Well, Marvel’s celebrating their 80th anniversary this year, and Prince Namor was their first … Continue reading
Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #501
True Believers: Fantastic Four: Skrulls #1 (of 1) — Writer: Stan Lee; Pencils: Jack Kirby True Believers: Fantastic Four: Puppet Master #1 (of 1) — Writer: Stan Lee; Pencils: Jack Kirby True Believers: Fantastic Four: Mad Thinker #1 (of 1) — Writer: Stan Lee; Pencils: Jack Kirby; Inks: Dan Ayers This week’s best bargains, as they often are, are the Marvel “True Believers” $1 reprint books — for $3, you can get copies of Fantastic Four #2, 8 and 15, all by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee, from back when the FF was Marvel’s flagship comic, and Spider-Man and the … Continue reading
Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #497
Green Lantern #1 — Writer: Grant Morrison; Art: Liam Sharp; Colors: Steve Oliff Sideways Annual #1 — Writer: Grant Morrison with Dan Didio; Art: Will Conrad and Cliff Richards; Colors: Hi-Fi Suicide Squad: Black Files #1 (of 6) — Creators: Various Batman #58 — Writer: Tom King; Art: Mikel Janin; Colors: Jordie Bellaire Justice League #11 — Writer: Scott Snyder; Art/Colors: Francis Manapul United States Vs. Murder Inc. #2 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis; Art: Michael Avon Oeming; Colors: Taki Soma The biggest news this week is Grant Morrison’s return to DC with his new ongoing Green Lantern; it’s crammed … Continue reading
Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #489
Archie 1941 #1 (of 5) — Writers: Brian Augustyn and Mark Waid; Art: Peter Krause; Colors: Kelly Fitzpatrick Cemetery Beach #1 (of 7) — Writer: Warren Ellis; Art/Colors: Jason Howard MCMLXXV #1 — Writer: Joe Casey; Art: Ian Macewan; Colors: Brad Simpson Moth and Whisper #1 — Writer: Ted Anderson; Art/Colors: Jen Hickman A ton of good comics were released this week — enough to cover 35 of them here — so let’s get started: we’ll begin with the indy titles, since they’re such a diverse and high-quality group. Archie 1941 imagines Archie and the crew graduating high school the year … Continue reading
